Human Impact Project

Immigration attorneys report that ICE arrests at required check-in appointments for immigrants seeking legal status have resumed in San Francisco after being paused for approximately six weeks. Since President Trump took office in January, the frequency of check-in appointments has increased to sometimes every three months, and arrests at these appointments ramped up in June 2025, slowed in December following lawsuits, and have now resumed again.

ICE agents conducted arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week. The arrests followed a January DHS directive reversing protections for courthouse arrests. President Trump expanded fast-track deportation authority after taking office.

US Customs and Border Protection has rescinded four Biden-era policies regarding detainees, including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions. The memo, dated May 5 and signed by acting commissioner Pete Flores, eliminated standards for access to water and food for pregnant detainees, privacy for breastfeeding mothers, and stocked diapers and formula in holding facilities. CBP stated the policies were obsolete and misaligned with current enforcement priorities.

Documents obtained by Shasta Scout show the Shasta County Sheriff's Office attempted to enter a 287(g) agreement with ICE last May that would have given local officers immigration enforcement authority. The process was paused after an ICE official noted it would violate California's Values Act, which prohibits state law enforcement from assisting federal immigration enforcement. No California law enforcement agencies are documented as having entered such agreements with ICE.